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Un-Printer Inventor: This Could Work

Researchers at Cambridge University and the Bavarian Laser Centre published a paper last week on how laser radiation can be used to remove the toner from laser-printed pages. But could the technique ever be environmentally feasible? A lead researcher on the project thinks it could – and sooner than you’d think.

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Sqoot Apology Round 2: “We Can Do Better”

Yesterday we reported that sponsors of the “Boston API Jam” were pulling out after the host, daily deal API service Sqoot, listed women as an event ‘perk’ ( See more here).  After being berated with criticism by both.

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Comedians Continue To Cut Out The Middle Man

This week Aziz Ansari released his newest stand up special titled Dangerously Delicious for download exclusively on his website. Ansari is the third comedian now to cut out the middle.

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Sponsors Pull Out of Boston API Jam Over Sqoot’s Sexist Event Copy

New York-based daily deal API service Sqoot may not be able to recover after the worst startup PR crisis in recent history. Sqoot just lost the majority of the sponsors.

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NetZero To Offer Free Mobile Broadband. Sort Of.

Last-generation internet provider NetZero announced today that they will offer one year of free mobile broadband to users who purchase a mid-range 4G modem. The company has framed the new.

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Internet Explorer Embraces Image; Never Meant To Hurt You, Baby

Microsoft has launched a new ad for Internet Explorer equivalent to Lloyd Dobler blasting Peter Gabriel via boombox through your bedroom window. In a new self-effacing video from the software.

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Tablets, Smartphones Revolutionize News Consumption: Report

Do you pull out the New York Times on your morning commute, or an iPad? Mobile internet connectivity is changing the way consumers access news, according to a recent report,.

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Smithsonian Begins Exhibition On Art In Video Games

Starting this month the Smithsonian American Art Museum will be holding a half-year exhibition on the art of video games. The Smithsonian website says the exhibit “focuses on the interplay.

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Editorial: In Defense Of KONY 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc In the wake of the KONY 2012 film being uploaded to YouTube on March 5th, 2012, Invisible Children, Inc. (the non-profit organization that produced the film) has catapulted to.

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FBI Can’t Crack Android; Taps Google To Sidestep 5th Amendment

The Federal Bureau of Investigation raised some eyebrows this week when it tacitly admitted it couldn’t get past the pattern lock on an Android handset, by serving Google with a.

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